Chapter 533: Disposal

Once the father and son of the Jiang family had identified the source of the problem, they were in no rush to point it out.

The two of them continued according to their plan, slaughtering one cow and two sheep at the ranch, loading them onto their vehicle, and then hurrying to return to Ningtai County.

The ranch manager worked hard to help, and at this moment, he brought over a contract, saying, "Boss, the feed that needs to be bought for the ranch and the milk that needs to be delivered all require signed contracts to be handled properly."

Jiangfuzhen patted his head as if he had just remembered, and said, "I was just saying I wanted to ask someone about it. I want to call a lawyer over to look at the contract. Let's do it later; later I'll bring someone over directly, and we'll sign them all at once."

The ranch manager didn't mind finding a lawyer. The contracts themselves had no issues, and some details were quite in line with the ranch's interests. He was just skimming money; he didn't want the ranch to go bankrupt.

However, if the new boss's new contracts weren't signed, the money he used to be able to take would now be hard to get.

The ranch manager said helplessly, "Some contracts aren't urgent, but some really are quite urgent. For example, the repairs for the warehouse—the roof is leaking, and it will be troublesome once it rains. Also, the alfalfa; the price is cheap right now, and we need to buy a batch to mix into the feed..."

"Little Wang." Jiangfuzhen didn't let him continue, saying earnestly, "Don't be anxious. Just arrange for the things that need to be done at the ranch. Like the repairs, buying feed, and so on—pay cash on the spot, get the invoices, and you can go to finance for reimbursement yourself. Just do it the way it was done before. There's no rush to sign contracts. If I let this beef sit any longer, it won't be fresh. I still want to treat everyone to shabu-shabu beef tonight; there's no time left..."

Jiangfuzhen put on the posture of a playboy father squandering his inheritance, and the ranch manager couldn't handle it at all.

His previous boss was the operational type, relying on the ranch to make money to maintain the company's operations and support a mistress. Once money was mentioned, he was more anxious than anyone, but he didn't know the business and rarely came to the ranch, which was why he was fooled by the manager, Wang Fang.

But now, with Jiangfuzhen putting on the posture of "I'm not short on money, I'm just in a hurry to eat this bite," Wang Fang was at a loss. He couldn't figure out the approach and didn't know how to respond.

Jiangfuzhen took Jiang Yuan into the car, and before leaving, he instructed, "You must raise the cows and sheep at the ranch well; this is the top priority. Don't be too tight on expenses. By the way, when you have time, buy some chickens, ducks, and geese to raise here. Choose better breeds, don't feed them feed; we'll eat them ourselves."

"Okay." The ranch manager could only agree, asking, "Then should I buy twenty or thirty?"

"Buy 100 of each. You can buy more chickens; two or three hundred is fine too." Jiangfuzhen started the car as he spoke.

Once the car was on the national highway, Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "Dad, you're quite good at holding back."

"What's there to hold back? He's already pitted the ranch; I don't care. There are twenty or thirty people at the ranch, including office staff and workers. I don't know who took the money and who didn't. There are plenty of ways to deal with them when we go back."

"How do you want to deal with them?"

"I'm thinking..." Jiangfuzhen smiled, driving while saying, "I'm thinking of calling Old Liu first. His ranch has been losing money for three years, but if no one was skimming money, it might actually be profitable..."

Jiang Yuan nodded as he listened.

"A profitable ranch and a losing ranch are two different prices. Add in some new and old grudges, and we're even providing him with evidence..." Jiangfuzhen pondered, saying, "If he's willing to buy it back for 40% or 50% more, I'll sell the ranch back to him. We can just go back and buy a new one later; the hundred or so cows we just bought can be considered a bonus. By then, how Old Liu wants to deal with that guy will be his business. We'll just comfortably earn that 40% or 50% profit..."

Jiang Yuan nodded as he listened, feeling it was quite good. There was nothing to complain about with money gained for nothing.

Of course, the manager cheating people to their faces was a bit excessive, but presumably, the previous ranch owner, Comrade Old Liu, would have a higher anger index. Selling the anger is the same thing.

Jiangfuzhen returned home, first writing an outline of a few paragraphs on paper, then picked up the landline to call Old Liu.

Jiang Yuan sat nearby listening. At first, Jiang Yuan couldn't hear what was being said on the phone, but after a few sentences, the sound from the receiver began to get louder.

Jiangfuzhen held it a bit further away and covered one side of the microphone with his hand, smiling at Jiang Yuan, "Old Liu is heartbroken over the money."

Jiang Yuan couldn't help but smile. Indeed, not everyone has the income from demolition. Like this Uncle Liu, knowing that his three years of losses were accounts cooked up by someone else, he must be furious. But what probably made him even angrier was the change in the ranch's value.

The sound from the receiver gradually became quieter. Jiangfuzhen said, "I'll ask my son later," and then hung up the phone.

After ending the call, Jiangfuzhen shook his head with a smile and said, "Old Liu wants to think about it. I guess he might want to investigate to see exactly how much money that kid embezzled before making a decision."

"That's normal too," Jiang Yuan said. The ranch's profitability determines the ranch's value; in other words, how much the manager Wang Fang embezzled also determines, to a certain extent, the ranch's actual profitability.

Besides that, the means of embezzlement are actually also very important. For example, the act of intentionally reporting losses also indirectly increases the ranch's costs.

And for Jiangfuzhen, it didn't matter when he dealt with Wang Fang, or whether he dealt with him at all.

Even if Wang Fang embezzled a lot of money, the one qualified to pursue it was the original boss, Old Liu. As the new buyer, Jiangfuzhen couldn't claim the previous profits.

On the other hand, Wang Fang was highly unlikely to run away. Even if he could smell something, he wouldn't be willing to give up such a position.

Thus, Jiangfuzhen really took Jiang Yuan, went downstairs first, and went to deal with that cow and two sheep.

The newly bought cows hadn't been raised for long, but the breed was excellent—high-purity Angus cattle. They were pitch black all over, and their faces looked quite serene.

However, compared to cows that had been fattened for a long time, these frame cows that had just grown up weren't fatty enough. Especially the leg meat and rump meat—ordinary boiling and roasting wouldn't be very tasty. Instead, Chaoshan-style beef hotpot was more suitable.

Under Jiangfuzhen's direction, the chef invited in advance soon got busy.

The next day.

Jiang Yuan called Huang Qiangmin again.

Huang Qiangmin pondered for a moment after listening, then said, "That works too. Let Wu Junhao go and keep an eye on things for you, and let them blow off some steam while they're at it."

"Did something happen?" Jiang Yuan was a bit surprised, yet also expected it.

"These past few days, there have been meetings in the county, meetings in the bureau, and foreign businessmen coming. Director Chai has been sending the First Squadron to stand guard, using them a bit too harshly." Huang Qiangmin paused and said, "Even without your matter, I was planning to assign them a job to let them avoid it for a while."

Standing guard doesn't count as a real task. When there's a shortage of manpower, maintaining order is something that must be done. When some big cities hold concerts, they also need the police bureau to send people to help. But the Criminal Investigation Team values business the most, and the business is heavy. Usually, unless they are really short of manpower, they wouldn't be transferred to do these things.

Director Chai's approach was somewhat punitive.

Wu Junhao often worked with Jiang Yuan, and his personality was a bit fiery. These two points might be the reason he was chosen.

"Fine. Let Captain Wu come over to play; I'll treat them to roasted whole lamb." Jiang Yuan didn't ask too much. He had the system's help and had indeed gained many techniques, but among the techniques he learned, there were none for navigating the political arena. Come to think of it, the most useful one might be the toddler communication technique.

Wu Junhao arrived quickly, bringing two cars and a total of six people.

Jiang Yuan didn't say much either, took his father along, and sped all the way to the ranch.

How could Wang Fang know why everyone had come? He just thought Jiang Yuan's police friends wanted to come to the ranch to play.

Jiang Yuan didn't tell them either. He took Wu Junhao and the others, walked quickly into the office area, and then heard Wu Junhao shout, "Everyone stop what you're doing, police! Everyone stay away from the keyboards, don't touch the mice, do you hear me?"

After being police for a long time, their voices had a deterrent force. The young white-collar workers working at the ranch were unprepared and didn't even know what had happened. In just a few dozen seconds, everyone at the scene was brought out.

A group of people were temporarily placed in the conference room, and Wu Junhao and the others packed up the computer towers and various documents directly and transported them onto the cars.

Wang Fang was anxious and jumped, finding Jiang Yuan and saying, "Little Boss, this... what is going on?"

"We just need to cooperate." Jiang Yuan didn't say another word.

Although it is said that most low-level cadres who engage in embezzlement of public funds do not have real counter-reconnaissance capabilities, who knows? What if Wang Fang is a criminal genius?

Wu Junhao and the others were the same. They had been working overtime these days and were assigned some scattered and annoying work, and they were all holding back a breath of anger. At this moment, they all wiped their heads bald, each carrying a computer tower in one hand, walking with the vigor of dragons and tigers, looking even more formidable than when they sealed the Jianyuan Group that day.

Only Wang Fang didn't believe in himself, took two steps back, leaned against the wall, widened his eyes, and his lips were dry and peeling. ===== CHAPTER 534 =====